Coast earth station, also called the coast earth radio station is – according to article 1.76 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR)[1] – defined as "An earth station in the fixed-satellite service or, in some cases, in the maritime mobile-satellite service, located at a specified fixed point on land to provide a feeder link for the maritime mobile-satellite service." Each radio station shall be classified by the service in which it operates permanently or temporarily.

Coast earth station Inmarsat, here: aerial PB5, France

Classification

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In accordance with ITU Radio Regulations (article 1) this type of radio station might be classified as follows:
Earth station (article 1.63)

References

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  1. ^ ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.76, definition: coast earth station / coast earth radio station